Love makes requests, not demands.
Most of us have more potential than we will ever develop. What holds us back is often a lack of courage.
Inside every child is an ’emotional rani’s waiting to be filled with love. When a child really feels loved, he will develop normally but when the love tank is empty, the child will misbehave. Much of the misbehavior of children is motivated by the cravings of an empty ’love tank.
For love, we will climb mountains, cross seas, traverse desert sands, and endure untold hardships. Without love, mountains become unclimbable, seas uncrossable, deserts unbearable, and hardships our lot in life.
Togetherness has to do with focused attention. It is giving someone your undivided attention. As humans, we have a fundamental desire to connect with others. We may be in the presence of people all day long, but we do not always feel connected.
Empathetic listening is an awesome medication for the hurting heart.
I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday. They insist on bringing into today the failures of yesterday and in so doing, they pollute a potentially wonderful day.
I have been doing marriage counseling for about 15 years and I realized that what makes one person feel loved, doesn’t make another person feel loved.
You cannot force someone to accept an expression of love. You can only offer it. If it is not accepted, you must respect the other person’s decision.
Love is always freely given. Love cannot be demanded. We can request things of each other, but we must never demand anything. Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.
Isolation is devastating to the human psyche.
The object of love is not getting something you want but doing something for the well-being of the one you love.
Requests give direction to love, but demands stop the flow of love.
Life’s deepest meaning is not found in accomplishments, but in relationships.
All of us blossom when we feel loved and wither when we do not feel loved.
Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.
Many couples have never learned the tremendous power of verbally affirming each other.
Recent research has indicated that the average individual listens for only seventeen seconds before interrupting and interjecting his own ideas.
The person who is “in-love” has the ilusion that his beloved is perfect.
We are trained to analyze problems and create solutions. We forget that marriage is a relationship, not a project to be completed or a problem to solve.